MILDA

MILDA represents a platform for a vocal regional defence of customary land, and an opposition to the corporate land grab agenda.

Minister urged to revoke lease

24 Sep 2012

A total of 11 senior representatives of the people of Lelema (Lelepa and Mangaliliu) led by Chief Kalkot Mormor of Mangaliliu have all appealed to the Minister of Lands, Steven Kalsakau to “please revoke the Rural Agriculture Lease” that he signed for Leasee Kalorib Poilapa of Mele Village on August 17, 2012.

“Well-being for Melanesia”

11 Sep 2012

Surveys and reports are not generally riveting reading. Here is an exception. “Alternative Indicators for Well-being for Melanesia” - a Vanuatu Pilot Study - is compulsive reading. It proves a lot of things we have suspected all along.

8000 sign PANG petition to block experimental sea bed mining

30 Aug 2012

A petition bearing more than 8000 signatures is being circulated among Forum participants this week as part of a regional effort to arrest seabed mining projects in the Pacific

The Mele Decleration 2010

19 Jun 2010

The declaration of the second annual meeting of the Melanesian Indigenous Land Defence Alliance, held at Mele village in Port Vila, Vanuatu, 14-19 June 2010

In Defence of Melanesian Customary Land

1 Apr 2010

In April 2010 AID/WATCH published In Defence of Melanesian Customary Land, a collection of papers from Melanesian groups and academics on customary land and the affects of land reform.

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Women in Agriculture

5 Feb 2013

Everyday in Papua New Guinea's rugged eastern Highlands province, the nation's biggest business success story is taking place. It is the story of women farmers. In PNG, where up to 97% of land is owned by the people, land is life. And women are the backbone of the land. But they earn little government respect for the vital role they play, and support from men is lacking. The women leaders of the group 'Eastern Highlands Women in Agriculture' works with over 1,500 of these unsung heroes on whose backs PNG's real economy leans. In this documentary, meet some of the women doing remarkable things through their creativity, compassion and determination. They hold the future of a better PNG in their hands. Video by Our Pacific Ways

28 Jan 2013: Pacific land rights and keeping them safe from big developers

13 Nov 2012: Vanuatu MP vows to repair roads on Epi

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Rachel Smith Haven't read it yet, but latest new internationalist on land Grabs; http://newint.org/issues/2013/05/01/ The global land rush is on. In Mozambique we meet rural communities dispossessed by powerful companies and hear about growing South-South resistance. Land grabs -- New Internationalist 1 week 3 days ago.
Tim Anderson Who gets Australia's aid money - http://www.news.com.au/business/three-corporations-get-412-billion-in-foreign-aid-under-labor/story-e6frfm1i-1226594672213 A SMALL clutch of private sector firms are cashing in on the foreign aid spending boom - with just three corporations securing a colossal $4.12 billion in contracts since Labor came to office. Three corporations get $4.12 billion in foreign aid under Labor 2 weeks 2 days ago.

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